Aurora Hunter by Todd Salat - Your source for the northern lights
Howdy Folks,
We had an Ahhhhmazing Alaskan aurora season and are excited to release three new photos. Treasure Trove and Seward Candelabra are from a brilliant light show over Seward, AK, while Mysterious Moment is one of the most bizarre phenomenon I’ve ever witnessed.
Shay & I are showcasing our ‘newbies’ at the weekend Anchorage Market all summer long. If you’re traveling around the state, you can find our prints in several wonderful gallery outlets.
It’s too bright to see the auroras right now in Alaska, Land of the Midnight Sun, so aurora enthusiasts in Alaska are on a holding pattern until darkness returns in August. In the meantime, I’ve been enjoying posting my encounters with eagles, bears, moose and the rich diversity of Alaska’s wild things on my Aurora Hunter Facebook Page.
Have a great summer!
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New! "Mysterious Moment" Print Ordering ~ A whirlpool of light sails over Donnelly Dome near Delta Junction, Alaska, on April 15, 2023 at 1:54 am AK time. When this spiral came toward me while growing rapidly, I thought, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!?! I loved the feeling of wonderment, but mystery solved. It’s rocket emissions from the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission that launched into a polar orbit on the Falcon 9 about three hours earlier in California. Read more here.
New Releases
Seward Candelabra
Auroras blaze above Seward, AK
from Miller's Landing, Lowell Point
at midnight on February 21, 2023.
~ When the solar wind blew on these aurora
candles, a radiant wish was granted! ~
Treasure Trove
Seward, Alaska is surrounded
by a scenic trove of natural beauty
during this full-sky aurora display on
February 21, 2023 at 1:20 am.
~ Welcome to Resurrection Bay and the
world-class Kenai Fjords ~
Mysterious Moment
A glowing whirlpool of light sails
over Donnelly Dome near
Delta Junction, Alaska,
on April 15, 2023 at 1:54 am
~ It's rocket science! Spiraling SpaceX engine
exhaust catches sunlight and turns bluish-white ~
Supernova
Massive auroras explode over the
Brooks Range of Northern Alaska
on October 15, 2022 at 1:45 am.
~ This was thee most intense and best
20-minute aurora display of my life! ~
Memorial Lights
Auroras light up the
Alaska Veterans Memorial in
Denali State Park near midnight
on January 30, 2022.
~ To ALL of America's fallen & living
Heroes & Heroines, we salute you!
Dreamscape
Auroral light dazzles the senses above my
candlelit cabin in Hatcher Pass, Alaska
on January 29, 2022 at 3 am.
~ Cheers to finding space where
dreams are free to roam ~
Favorites
3 Movie Bundle
Each of these movies are a great way to experience the awe-inspiring auroras in motion through Todd's extensive time-lapse footage. Together, they provide an in-depth experience into real life aurora hunting and were many years in the making. Both visual journeys are enhanced with science and music that ranges from space-age acoustic sensations to aurora rock! 3-Movie Bundle
Solar Cycle
Here's a graph illustrating when in the solar cycle I've taken some of my favorite shots. The key thing to remember is that auroras occur throughout the cycle from Solar Max to Solar Min. They're just not quite as common during the lows in the cycle. More on the Solar Cycle
Precious Metals
We are absolutely smitten with Metal Prints. The results of having my aurora & scenic shots printed on aluminum have been WOW-With Out Words! The inks are dye-infused onto a specially-coated aluminum sheet and sealed with a gemlike UV coating that is both water and scratch resistant. We have commonly heard people say, "It's like looking through a window"...."Are these backlit?"...."They look so 3D." And the archival quality is out of this world (think century plus). This is a technological breakthrough and the results are in HIGH DEF!
More information can be found on our Metal Print Page.
